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APPARATUS FOR FINISHING AND ROLLING CLEANED HUGS AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 3, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet firmann il'leiw 3mm attoonup Patented Dec. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HERMANN KLEIN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO KLEIN, WEINER 85 BELL,

A FIRM OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN APPARATUS FOR FINISHING AND ROLLING CLEANED BUGS AND THE LIKE Application filed August 3, 1928. Serial No. 297,263.

This invention relates to apparatus desi ned primarily for finishing rugs and like fabrics after they leave the washing and drying apparatus of a cleaner, means being combined therewith for rolling the iinished rug about a core ready to be delivered to the customer.

Another object is to provide a structure of this type which is simple and compact and will act to raise the nap of a fabric and deliver said fabric in a dry and well finished condition to the rolling mechanism.

With the foregoing and other objects which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the apparatus constituting the present invention, a portion of the conveyor and the fabric thereon being broken away to show the steam board thereunder. 1

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the structure, a portion being shown in section.

Figure3 is an end elevation.

Figure 4 is a section on line 44, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the removable core and the part-s associated therewith.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a table mounted on suitable supports 2. Over this table passes a foraminous conveyor 3 of sufficient width to support an unfolded fiat rug or the like and to carry it over the table after said rug leaves cleaning and drying apparatus of that type shown, for example, in my co-pending applications of even date herewith Serial Numbers 297,260 and 297,264.

Extending transversely of the table adj acent its receiving end is a trough 4 adapted to be supplied with steam through pipes 5. The trough is bridged at the top by a fora-minous covering 6, this covering cooperating with the trough to form what may be called a steam board extending transversely of the table and of a length equal to or slightly greater than that of the fabric to be treated.

Side members 7 are extended upwardly from the sides of the table and journaled in these members is the shaft 8 of the cylindrical finishing brush 9 so proportioned as to engage the top surface of a rug R or the like supported by and movable with the conveyor 3.

Adj ustabl'y seated in one of the side members 7 is a pointed bearing stud 10 which is screw threaded. The pointed end of this stud is adapted to be detachably engaged by the recessed end 11 of a core 12 in the form of a rod of wood or the like. The other end of the core 12 is recessed as at 1-3 and slotted diametrically as at 14. The recess 13 is adapted to receive one end of a short shaft 15 having a pin 16 extending diametrically therethrough and projecting therebeyond for insertion into the slot 14. A collar 17 is slidably mounted on the shaft 15 and is engaged 75 by one end of a coiled spring 18 the other end of which thrusts against a flange 19 provided on a sleeve 20 which extends through the adjacent side members.

A pulley 21 is secured to shaft 15 and is adapted to receive motion through a belt 22 from a pulley 23 which is loose on the shaft 24 of a motor 25. A clutch member 26 rotates with and is connected to the pulley 23 and is adapted to be coupled to or uncoupled from the shaft 24 by means of a clutch member 27 shiftable by a lever 28.

Another pulley 29 is secured to the shaft 24 and is adapted to transmit motion through a belt 30 to a pulley 31 on the shaft of brush 9. 90

The core 12 has a strip 32 of suitable fabrio fastened along one edge of the core, the other edge being left free as shown particularly in Figure 4.

Arranged below and opening through the table between the brush 9 and the core 12 is a suction trough 33 from which extends a flue 34 to a suction fan or the like not shown.

The apparatus herein described is adapted, asbefore explained, to receive a rug or other fabric after it has been washed and dried. The foraminous conveyor 3 is used for con veying the fabric while it is fiat and unfolded, from a dryer to the present apparatus and will carry it slowly over the table 1, first bringing it where it will be acted on by the steam escaping from the trough 4 through the foraminous covering 6 and the conveyor 3. The steam will act to soften the fabric so that, as it continues to travel, it will be acted on by the bristles of the brush 9 with the result that the nap will be brushed upwardly and smoothed so as to present a finished appearance.

Following the foregoing the rug will pass over the trough 33 where it will be subjected to the action of air sucked downwardly into the trough through the fabric, this air serving to carry off any moisture remaining in the fabric. After leaving the trough 33 the edge of the rug or other fabric is placed against the core 12 between laps of the strip 32. The pulley 23 is then coupled to shaft 24 so as to be rotated at the proper speed to wind the rug or other fabric thereon as it is carried forwardly by the conveyor. After the rug has had all portions acted on by the steam, the brush and the suction, the rug or other fabric will be completely wound on the core 12 ready for delivery. The pulley 23 is uncoupled from shaft 24 following which the collar 17 is pressed backwardly against the spring 18, thereby to disengage the pin 16 from the notched end of the core 12. The core, with the rolled fabric thereon, can then be lifted out of the apparatus and a new core placed therein after which the apparatus is ready to receive another finished rug or the like. It will be noted that, as the rug passes over the suction trough, it is lifted off of the conveyor so that a space is thus left between the bottom of the rug and the foraminous conveyor whereby the suction will act thoroughly upon all parts of the lower surface of the rug and carry off any particles of dirt beaten from the rug by the action of the brush.

What is claimed is:

Apparatus for finishing rugs including a table, a steam trough thereunder and opening therethrough, a foraminous covering for the trough flush with the table, means for directing steam into the trough, a suction trough below and opening through the table, a suction flue extending therefrom, an endless foraminous conveyor movable along the table HERMANN KLEIN. 

